Crooked Little Vein is great for that Palahniuk/Garth Ennis vibe of ultra-violence and low-brow social commentary; good stuff, man! I've just cracked the spine of Broken Angels by Richard K Morgan, fingers crossed it's half as good as Altered Carbon.

I'm reading Whitechapel Gods and Crooked little Vein...so these should be fun!!Crooked Little VeinWhitechapel Gods

I started Robin Hobb's Renegade's Magic (the concluding book of the Soldier Son trilogy) about two weeks ago, and though I have only 200 pages left I find it hard to get on with it. It's too... disturbing. I hope to have it finished by the end of the weekend.
I also have some unfinished part of Lady of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley, which on occasion I manage to spare some time for. That too, I hope to finish this week.

I just Started the Little Brother by Cory Doctorow.

Mawgojzeta wrote: "Arthur wrote: "A couple of days ago I started A Fire Upon The Deep by Vernor Vinge"

OH- love that book. Have you read

A Deepness in the Sky? If not (and you like Fire), then I su..."

No, I haven't.
Thanks. I will read it if I like A Fire Upon The Deep :)

Arthur wrote: "A couple of days ago I started A Fire Upon The Deep by Vernor Vinge"

OH- love that book. Have you read

A Deepness in the Sky? If not (and you like Fire), then I suggest it as well.

I just finished Jinx by Jane Estep and now I'm starting her book Hot mama, two from a set of superhero paranormal romances.

A couple of days ago I started A Fire Upon The Deep by Vernor Vinge

Currently I am reading Dhampir by barb & J.C. Hendee only about 50 pages in but so far i'm interested

I returned The Steel Remains and read a Georgette Heyer regency instead. Pretty much antithetical!

Now I'm reading Clovermead In the Shadow of the Bear and Nine Layers of Sky. Only a couple chapters into each but they both seem interesting so far.

Miriam wrote: "*Maria*, was that the one by Colfer? I thought his books were lots of fun!

I just started The Steel Remains. It is good but maybe a bit more squalid than I am in the mood for. Lots ..."


yes, it is

I'm currently rereading "Dune Messiah," after finishing the original "Dune," and before that "Dune: House Atriedes, House Harkonnen, and House Corrino."

I personally found Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Andersons' prequels well-written, easier to follow than the original novels (esp. the timelines and sequence of events), and very engaging. I really liked the development of Duke Leto and his relationship with Jessica.

But I am no critic, I am an appreciator of others works. I come to praise sci fi authors, not to bury them.

Somehow I didn't mind as much inThirteen. I think I'm going to find something fluffy to read in alternation.

Miriam wrote: "I just started The Steel Remains. It is good but maybe a bit more squalid than I am in the mood for. Lots of drugs, slavery, abuse, hatred, etc. "

Yep, that sounds like a Richard K. Morgan novel alright.

*Maria*, was that the one by Colfer? I thought his books were lots of fun!

I just started The Steel Remains. It is good but maybe a bit more squalid than I am in the mood for. Lots of drugs, slavery, abuse, hatred, etc.

I am reading Tik-Tok by John Thomas Sladek and am quite enjoying it so far.

i just started a book called "the supernaturalist" its really good!

I am reading the Animorph books. They may sound strange but they are really good for young readers.

just finished "Factoring Humanity" and it has a great depiction of the fourth dimension! the actual writing wasn't the most graceful but the idea was cool. Reading "Neuromancer" by Gibson right now, and it is rather difficult to follow...

I've read some of Morressy's books, too. Loved "Graymantle" & the others. I read one SF book of his, "Under a Calculating Star" that was even better, though.

I just discovered John Morressy and am on the second Kedrigern novel. Kedrigern's a wizard -- his specialty is counterspells. In the first book (A Voice for Princess), Kedrigern is upset that the wizard's guild has allowed alchemists (money grubbing phonies) to join and he retreats to his mountaintop home. On the way home, he rescues a young troll and frees a princess who'd been turned into a toad. There's just enough darkness to give the story some tension.

Morressy reminds me a bit of Bob Leman, another writer who had a lot of stories published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. There are no gimmicks -- just good story telling with respect for the reader.

hi Vince

I'm new to goodreads but i do enjoy finding new and old interesting books. I don't have a lot of time for reading so i'm reading two atm that are full of short stories. The Best Science Fiction And Fantasy Of The Year Volume 2 and L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 20. Both have had some interesting stories but neither have kept me reading longer than i have had time for. That's when i know i've got a good one. :)

Left to Tell Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust about halfway through. fascinating, but not sci-fi

About 60 pages into Tom Becker's Darkside.

About 1/4 into Fevre Dream.
Reminds me of a hybrid between Anne Rize's Vampires and King's Salem's Lot.

Chris wrote: "Jim wrote: "I'm reading The Curse of the Mistwraith by GR author Janny Wurts. Really good so far. Complex world."

Amen to that....I'm almost halfway"

Same here - amazing book!

I am on book 2 of the Dargonmaster series (http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38716...)and like it better than the first book, which is a bit slow. The only problem with it is that it is so much about a WAR. But then, it has dragons...

... but my flatmate snatched it. So I'm reading Mariah Mundi in the meantime.

Frei's The Stranger just arrived not two minutes ago!

Jim wrote: "I'm reading The Curse of the Mistwraith by GR author Janny Wurts. Really good so far. Complex world."

Amen to that....I'm almost halfway

I'm reading The Curse of the Mistwraith by GR author Janny Wurts. Really good so far. Complex world.

I just started re-reading all of Ursala Le Guin's novels

I'm reading Falling Awake right now.

I also happened to see this pretty cool new review of the sci-fi book CC:
http://www.threedifferentdirections.com/...

The Call of Cthulu and Other Wierd Stories
H.P. Lovecraft
The 1st Lovecraftian stories I have read and they definitely made me a fan, so far.

I just read the first chapter of Nyphron Rising by Michael Sullivan. As I really enjoyed The Crown Conspiracy and absolutely loved Avempartha, the first and second books in the Riyria Revelations, I am anxiously awaiting the third book. As I had hoped, this book looks to be equally wonderful. It is clear from the sample, first chapter that Sullivan’s main characters are now fully developed, but remain complex and intriguing. The chapter pulls you directly into the plot which is already in full swing. The style is concise and flowing at the same time; a perfect blend that allows for the tension of the scene while exploring the main character’s underlying emotions. This is a promising start to what I’m sure will be another great book from Michael Sullivan.

I've just finished The Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque A Novel. It is not a fantasy, just somewhat strange and surreal. Now I am starting Jamake Highwater's Dark Legend, which is sort of a retelling of the Ring Cycle.

Just started The Engines of God again, by Jack McDevitt. I am going to read his Academy Series - Priscilla "Hutch" Hutchins in order as I have not read the last 3.

The Robe of Skulls by Vivian French. It is extremely light and cute, probably meant for 4th graders. Read the first 100 pages in about 20 minutes.

Absolution Gap by Alastair Reynolds ...I've been re-reading the whole series from the beginning in order to better understand how all the pieces fit together.

I'm about a hundred pages into The Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque A Novel and I'm still not sure if there is a f/sf element or if the characters are having strange delusions.

LaTrica, "The Golden Key" is indeed one of the first stories in Tales Before Tolkien; I finished it a couple of days ago. Interestingly, though, the 2005 Ballantine Del Rey paperback edition that I have has no story by Austin Wright. (That's a shame, since "The Story of Alwina" must be a good one!)

This month I reread R. Scott Bakker's Prince of Nothing series so I could start The Judging Eye, which I'm half way through now, with all the characters fresh in my mind.

I also began rereading Edgar Pangborn's short-story collection Still I Persist in Wondering, and boy am I glad I did. A criminally forgotten author, I highly recommend his stuff.

Werner wrote: "A couple of days ago, I started Tales Before Tolkien (edited by Douglas A. Anderson), a collection of 19th and early 20th century fantasy tales by authors who preceded and influenced Tolkien. Some..."

Two of my favorite short stories are from this book. "The Golden Key" by George MacDonald and "The Story of Alwina" by Austin Wright.

At least these were the two that stayed with me. It has been some time since I read this.

I just started Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds and I'm really enjoying it.

A couple of days ago, I started Tales Before Tolkien (edited by Douglas A. Anderson), a collection of 19th and early 20th century fantasy tales by authors who preceded and influenced Tolkien. Some of the writers represented are George MacDonald, Ludwig Tieck, William Morris, Lord Dunsany, James Branch Cabell, Arthur Machen --pretty much a role call of the genre's early big names, as well as some writers not so well known, or not known primarily for fantasy.

I just started Flinx Transcendent: A Pip Flinx Adventure by Alan Dean Foster, book #14 in the 35 years of Flinx and Pip adventures.

What books am I reading now? It's a three way...."Fool", by Christopher Moore, "I'm Down" by Mishna Wolff and "The Laments" by George Hagen. All are comedies, and all very different. One is a complete fiction based in the court of King Lear, very reminiscent of Rabelais and the early seventies' National Lampoon, ("Fool",) one is a diary of one girl's life growing up white in an overwhelmingly black culture and trying to fit in and another is the story of a family's history from around the turn of the last century to now. All three hold promise.

Stephen H. Turner
The Last Voyage of the Cassiopeia
Almagest The Adventures of MarsShield
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The Avedon Question

I'm about halfway through the first collected volume of Rex Libris Volume One I, Librarian; Rex, the immortal ass-kicking librarian, has transported to a distant planet to reclaim an overdue edition of Principia Mathematica. This is a fun graphic novel, but don't try reading too much at once or the brand of humor gets old.

I read See Fox Run and PSI Blue over the long weekend, both of them mysteries, one with psychic powers used to track a serial killer, and one with a priest rediscovering his shaman nature as he searches for a kidnapped child. Currently reading The Odyssey Gene, about a man forced to leave future Earth after he fails a genetic test, only to discovery more traditional forms of betrayal on the colony planet he emigrates to.

Just started Storms of Vengeance for Fantasy book club. I'm also re-reading Good Omens The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch which I love.

I also recently picked up these and am anxious to try them since I've never read anything by either author. Always game to try something new -

Sweet Silver Blues
Divine Comedies Here Comes the Sun and Odds and Gods